Sherri Coale

Sherri Kay Coale (born January 19, 1965)[1] is the current head coach of the University of Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team. Coale was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.

Sherri Coale
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamOklahoma
ConferenceBig 12
Record483–246 (.663)
Biographical details
Born (1965-01-19) January 19, 1965
Healdton, Oklahoma
Alma materOklahoma Christian University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1990–1996Norman HS
1996–presentOklahoma
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
6× Big 12 regular season championships (2000–2002, 2006, 2007, 2009)
4× Big 12 Tournament championships (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007)
Awards
Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Medal record
Women’s Basketball
Assistant Coach for  United States
FIBA Under-19 World Championship
2001 Brno Team Competition
Head Coach for  United States
World University Games
2013 Kazan Team Competition

Personal

Coale grew up in Healdton, Oklahoma and married Dane Scott Coale (born 1964) on June 20, 1987. The couple has two children, son Colton (born 1992) and daughter, Chandler (born 1996). Coale has one brother, Jack. Their parents are Beverly Stash and Joe Buben.

Sherri completed her undergraduate studies at Oklahoma Christian College in Oklahoma City, where she graduated summa cum laude in 1987. There she played on the school's Lady Eagles basketball team as a guard.

Coale was inducted into the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame in 2007.[2]

Coaching career

Sherri Coale accepted her current position in 1996. She went directly from a high school squad (having coached the previous 6 years at the local Norman High School)[3] to an NCAA Division I team. Inheriting a team in turmoil at Oklahoma, within four years, she had the Sooners back in the NCAA Tournament. She brought the Sooners into the national spotlight in 2002 when her team went all the way to the national championship game, losing to undefeated Connecticut.[4]

In 2005–2006 Coale's Sooners went 16–0 in Big 12 play and became the second Big 12 basketball team, men's or women's, to go undefeated in conference play. The University of Kansas men's basketball team went undefeated in Big 12 play in the 2001–2002 season. In 2008 the Sooners finished tied with two other teams for 3rd in the Big 12 Conference and were knocked out by Missouri in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament.

USA Basketball

Coale was named as assistant coach of the USA team which would compete at the Junior World Championship in Brno, Czech Republic during July 2001. The team won their first five games, including a record setting win against Mali. The 97–27 final score represented the largest margin of victory by a USA team in Junior World Championship history. The preliminary round results qualified the team for the medal rounds, where they faced the host team, the Czech Republic. With a home crowd cheering them on, the Czech team held a nine-point lead with just over six minutes to go. The USA team cut the lead down to three points with seconds to go, and good defense gave the ball back to the USA. However, the USA was called for an offensive foul, and lost possession. The Czech Republic team won 92–88, and went on to beat Russia 82–80 to win the gold medal. The USA team beat Czech Republic 77–72 to win the bronze medal. Diana Taurasi was the leading scorer for the US with 19.3 points per game, while Alana Beard was close behind with 18.0 points per game. Nicole Powell was the leading rebounder for the US, with seven rebounds per game.[5]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Oklahoma Sooners (Big 12 Conference) (1996–Present)
1996–97 Oklahoma 5–221–1512th
1997–98 Oklahoma 8–192–12T–9th
1998–99 Oklahoma 15–148–8T–5thWNIT Second Round
1999–2000 Oklahoma 25–813–3T–1stNCAA Sweet 16
2000–01 Oklahoma 28–615–11stNCAA Sweet 16
2001–02 Oklahoma 32–414–21stNCAA Runner-Up
2002–03 Oklahoma 19–139–7T–5thNCAA First Round
2003–04 Oklahoma 24–99–76thNCAA Second Round
2004–05 Oklahoma 17–138–8T–6thNCAA First Round
2005–06 Oklahoma 31–516–01stNCAA Sweet 16
2006–07 Oklahoma 28–513–3T–1stNCAA Sweet 16
2007–08 Oklahoma 22–911–5T–3rdNCAA Second Round
2008–09 Oklahoma 32–515–11stNCAA Final Four
2009–10 Oklahoma 27–1111–5T–2ndNCAA Final Four
2010–11 Oklahoma 23–1210–63rdNCAA Sweet 16
2011–12 Oklahoma 21–1311–7T–2ndNCAA Second Round
2012–13 Oklahoma 24–1111–8T–3rdNCAA Sweet 16
2013–14 Oklahoma 18–159–9T–5thNCAA First Round
2014–15 Oklahoma 21–1213–52ndNCAA Second Round
2015–16 Oklahoma 22–1111–7T–4thNCAA Second Round
2016–17 Oklahoma 23–1013–53rdNCAA Second Round
2017–18 Oklahoma 16–1511–7T-3rdNCAA First Round
2018–19 Oklahoma 8-224-14T-8th
2019-20 Oklahoma 12-185-139th
Oklahoma: 501–282 (.640)241–145 (.624)
Total:501–282 (.640)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References
  1. "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved 26 Sep 2015.
  2. Nykolaiszyn, Juliana (August 29, 2007). "Oral history interview with Sherri Coale". Inductees of the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame Oral History Project. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  3. Emig, Geurin. "OU basketball coach Sherri Coale honored to be Iba Awards keynote speaker". tulsaworld.com. Tulsa World. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  4. "Sherri Coale School Bio". soonersports.com. The University of Oklahoma. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  5. "FIFTH FIBA WOMEN'S U19/JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP -- 2001".
Preceded by
Burl Plunkett		 Oklahoma Women's Basketball Head Coach
1996–present		 Succeeded by
current
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